• d20bard@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Another aspect of the puzzle is that not every evil deserves death. A bum who does minor theft almost as a habit, a hateful bitter man who antagonizes everyone but obeys the law, a teenager, a greedy business person who employs half the town but makes everyone’s life a bit worse, and so on.

    Good should have the self restraint to not go straight to murder.

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        Right, so anyone who is just somewhat selfish and more concerned about their own well being than others would die, even if they are not actively harming people.

        Does the “harm evil” spell affect the now clearly evil cleric who is taking part in genocide?

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          On the first cast he’s fine, after that and he’s responsible for breaking up a few families who insist that their loved ones “could never be evil”, he’s wrapped up with the local magistrate for months, maybe it even makes it to the Duke himself.

          The second time, after his resentment to the people who caused him suffering, his internal wish that they go as well. He’s fucking gone and you need a new priest.

          *Edit- NVM, since the cleric/priest/whatever is the same level as the caster (the same cleric), it’s just making him deaf for a few minutes, that’ll be more of a wakeup call for him maybe.